Ajax, 1185-1222 (English) (final part 1)
Glenn Maur / AJAX / FINAL part 1
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Ἑλληνική Transliterate
English
Χορός
Τίς ἄρα νέατος ἐς πότε λήξει πολυπλάγκτων ἐτέων ἀριθμός ,
τὰν ἄπαυστον αἰὲν ἐμοὶ δορυσσοήτων
μόχθων ἄταν ἐπάγων
ἄν τὰν εὐρώδεα Τρωΐαν ,
δύστανον ὄνειδος Ἑλλάνων;
Ὄφελε πρότερον αἰθέρα δῦναι μέγαν ἢ τὸν πολύκοινον Ἅιδαν
κεῖνος ἁνήρ , ὃς στυγερῶν ἔδειξεν ὅπλων
Ἕλλασιν κοινὸν Ἄρη .
Ἰὼ πόνοι πρόγονοι πόνων ·
κεῖνος γὰρ ἔπερσεν ἀνθρώπους .
Ἐκεῖνος οὔτε στεφάνων
οὔτε βαθεῖαν κυλίκων
νεῖμεν ἐμοὶ τέρψιν ὁμιλεῖν ,
οὔτε γλυκὺν αὐλῶν ὄτοβον ,
δύσμορος , οὔτ᾽ ἐννυχίαν
τέρψιν ἰαύειν .
Ἐρώτων δ᾽ ἐρώτων ἀπέπαυσεν , ὤμοι .
Κεῖμαι δ᾽ , ἀμέριμνος οὕτως ,
ἀεὶ πυκιναῖς δρόσοις
τεγγόμενος κόμας ,
λυγρᾶς μνήματα Τροίας .
Καὶ πρὶν μὲν αἰὲν νυχίου
δείματος ἦν μοι προβολὰ
καὶ βελέων θούριος Αἴας ·
νῦν δ᾽ οὗτος ἀνεῖται στυγερῷ
δαίμονι · τίς μοι , τίς ἔτ᾽ οὖν
τέρψις ἐπέσται;
Γενοίμαν ἵν᾽ ὑλᾶεν ἔπεστι πόντου
πρόβλημ᾽ ἁλίκλυστον , ἄκραν
ὑπὸ πλάκα Σουνίου ,
τὰς ἱερὰς ὅπως
προσείποιμεν Ἀθάνας .
Τίς ἄρα νέατος ἐς πότε λήξει πολυπλάγκτων ἐτέων ἀριθμός ,
τὰν ἄπαυστον αἰὲν ἐμοὶ δορυσσοήτων
μόχθων ἄταν ἐπάγων
ἄν τὰν εὐρώδεα Τρωΐαν ,
δύστανον ὄνειδος Ἑλλάνων;
Ὄφελε πρότερον αἰθέρα δῦναι μέγαν ἢ τὸν πολύκοινον Ἅιδαν
κεῖνος ἁνήρ , ὃς στυγερῶν ἔδειξεν ὅπλων
Ἕλλασιν κοινὸν Ἄρη .
Ἰὼ πόνοι πρόγονοι πόνων ·
κεῖνος γὰρ ἔπερσεν ἀνθρώπους .
Ἐκεῖνος οὔτε στεφάνων
οὔτε βαθεῖαν κυλίκων
νεῖμεν ἐμοὶ τέρψιν ὁμιλεῖν ,
οὔτε γλυκὺν αὐλῶν ὄτοβον ,
δύσμορος , οὔτ᾽ ἐννυχίαν
τέρψιν ἰαύειν .
Ἐρώτων δ᾽ ἐρώτων ἀπέπαυσεν , ὤμοι .
Κεῖμαι δ᾽ , ἀμέριμνος οὕτως ,
ἀεὶ πυκιναῖς δρόσοις
τεγγόμενος κόμας ,
λυγρᾶς μνήματα Τροίας .
Καὶ πρὶν μὲν αἰὲν νυχίου
δείματος ἦν μοι προβολὰ
καὶ βελέων θούριος Αἴας ·
νῦν δ᾽ οὗτος ἀνεῖται στυγερῷ
δαίμονι · τίς μοι , τίς ἔτ᾽ οὖν
τέρψις ἐπέσται;
Γενοίμαν ἵν᾽ ὑλᾶεν ἔπεστι πόντου
πρόβλημ᾽ ἁλίκλυστον , ἄκραν
ὑπὸ πλάκα Σουνίου ,
τὰς ἱερὰς ὅπως
προσείποιμεν Ἀθάνας .
CHORUS
At what time , therefore , will this final number of much-wandering years cease ,
always bringing on ceaseless misfortunes of the toils of battle to me
wide Troy and the wretched reproach of the Greeks ?
That man ought first to sink into the great ether or Hades common to all ,
who showed communal war of hateful weapons to the Greeks .
Oh troubles parents of troubles :
for that man ravaged men .
He bestowed to join in company with me the joy neither of crowns nor of deep bowls
nor the sweet noise of flutes ,
ill-fated , nor to pass the night’s enjoyment .
But from love , from love he has ceased , woe’s me .
And I lie , thus uncared-for
wet with respect to my hair , always with crowded dew ,
memorial of mournful Troy .
Even before furious Ajax was always a protection for me from nightly fear and missiles :
But now he is sent forth by a hateful daimon :
what , then , what joy will come to me still ?
Would that I be where the wooded sea-beaten promontory approaches the sea
under the highest plain of Sunium ,
so that we may call upon holy Athens .
At what time , therefore , will this final number of much-wandering years cease ,
always bringing on ceaseless misfortunes of the toils of battle to me
wide Troy and the wretched reproach of the Greeks ?
That man ought first to sink into the great ether or Hades common to all ,
who showed communal war of hateful weapons to the Greeks .
Oh troubles parents of troubles :
for that man ravaged men .
He bestowed to join in company with me the joy neither of crowns nor of deep bowls
nor the sweet noise of flutes ,
ill-fated , nor to pass the night’s enjoyment .
But from love , from love he has ceased , woe’s me .
And I lie , thus uncared-for
wet with respect to my hair , always with crowded dew ,
memorial of mournful Troy .
Even before furious Ajax was always a protection for me from nightly fear and missiles :
But now he is sent forth by a hateful daimon :
what , then , what joy will come to me still ?
Would that I be where the wooded sea-beaten promontory approaches the sea
under the highest plain of Sunium ,
so that we may call upon holy Athens .